Agricultural machine



L. E. MORROW AGRIQULTURAL MACHINE Dec. 10, 1940.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE AGRICULTURAL MACHINE Lloyd .12. Morrow, Milan, Ohio Application July '6, 1939, Serial No. 283,058 4 Claims. (01. 97-38) This invention appertains to new and useful the shafts-8:extendingtherethrough. The interimprovements in agricultural machines and more mediate portion of the bracket I9 is thickened particularly to a row tiller, the principal object and bored as at 2| and through this extends the of the invention :being to till rows of growing shaft 2-2, this shaft 22 being provided at its forcrops between the plants :in such a manner as war-d end, within the confines of the bracket I9, to not harm the plants, but to fairly loosen up I with the bevel :gear .23 which meshes with the the soil at all positions :around the plants. bevel gear '9. Bars 24-24 are secured as at 25 Another important object of the invention is to to laterally disposed ears 26 on the bracket l9 provide a row tiller which is of simple but posiand these bars 24 are bridged at their rear end to tive acting construction and not susceptible to portions by the overlying inverted U-shaped the ready development of defects. bridge member 21. A chain 28 extends down- Other objects and advantages of the invention wardly from the anchoring member 29 on the will become apparent to the reader of the followbridge member 21 and connects to the eye 30 ing specification. on the cross-bar 3 I. this bar being provided with In the drawingsa central bearing 32 through which the shafts 15 Figure 1 represents a top plan view of the ma- 22 extend. chine. Disposed downwardly through the ends of the Figure 2 is a fragmentary side elevational view. cross-member 3| are the threaded rods 33, Figure 3 is a fragmentary side elevational view equipped with jamb nuts 34 to regulate the ex- 23 of the machine in adjusted position. tent of the threaded members 33 through the Figure 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of cross-members 3|. the suspending bracket for the cross tiller. The lower ends of these threaded members 33 F u e 5 s a fragmentary perspective view of are connected to the up-turned end portion 35 the swingable bracket for the cross tiller. of the lead spring ground riding rudders 36. Figure 6 is a rear elevational view of the cross An elongated connecting rod 31 extends from 2 tiller. the levers 38 on the frame 8 to a hand lever 39 ad- Figure 7 is a cross-sectional view of the cross jacent the drivers seat 40 so that the assemblies tiller. can be raised or lowered whenever desired.

Referring to the drawings wherein like nu- The cross tiller unit is generally referred to by no merals designate like parts, it can be seen that numeral 40 and consists of the disk 4| having the numeral 5 generally refers to a conventional traclaterally disposed circumferentially extending tor having the power wheels 6-6. 'flange 42 through which openings are formed and The present invention is generally referred to through theseopenings are slidably disposed the by numeral 1 and is repeated on each side of tines 43. A hub- 44 is slidably disposed on the the tractor. A description of one of these ascorresponding shaft 22 and is retained in adsemblies will suffice for both. justed position by a set screw 45.

Numeral 8 denotes the shaft which extends Said collar 44 has the circumferential flange under the forward portion of the tractor 5 and 4B apertured to receive the eyes 41 at the inner carries a bevel gear 9 for each corresponding ends of the tines 43. assembly 9. This shaft 8 at each end thereof has The disk 4| has the hub 48 which is held in 40 the ground-engaging wheel Ill. The ends of the place on the corresponding shaft 22 by a set screw shafts 8 are supported by the rear ends of the 49. arms H which extend from the adjustable collars Obviously by loosening the set screw or the |2 on the outboard arms I3 of the frames generset screw 41, the plate 4| or the collar 44 can 45 ally referred to by A. be adjusted one way or the other on the shaft 22 45 Describing one of these assemblies in detail, it so as to properly dispose the tines 43 such as to can-be seen that at the rear ends of the arms |3 the adjusted position shown in dotted lines in depending arms M are clampedas at |5 to the Figure 7. arms l3 and are equipped with ground-engaging As shown in Figure 6, the outer ends of the cultivator members l6. tines are slightly tipped as' at 50 in the direction 50 More forwardly on the arms |'3 are the deof rotation of the tiller. pending arms l1 and their shovels l8. While the foregoing specification sets forth Straddling the bevel gear 9 on the correspondthe invention in specific terms, it is to be undering end portion of the shaft 8 is the U-shaped stood that numerous changes in the shape, size swingable bracket IS the collars 20 of which have and materials may be resorted to without depart- 5 ing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Having described the invention what is claimed as new is:

1. An agricultural machine comprising a wheeled frame, cultivating means carried by the frame and a cross tiller operative in conjunction with the said cultivators, said cross tiller consisting of a rotor provided with a plurality of radially disposed tines, and means whereby the tines can be adjusted in oblique relation with respect to the axis of the rotor.

2. An agricultural machine Wheeled frame, cultivating means mounted on the frame, a cross tiller operative in conjunction with the said cultivating means, said cross tiller consisting of a collar provided with a plurality of tines swingably mounted thereon, a shaft, a disk on the shaft having guide means thereon for the tines, said collar being adjustable on the shaft to move the tines from an oblique to a radial position with respect to the shaft, said guide means consisting of a laterally disposed flange on the disk having openings therein for slidably receiving the tines. I

3. An agricultural machine comprising a wheeled frame, cultivating means mounted on comprising a 1 the frame, a cross tiller operative in conjunction with the said cultivating means, said cross tiller consisting of a collar provided with a plurality of tines swingably mounted thereon, a shaft, a disk on the shaft having guide means thereon for the tines, said collar being adjustable on the shaft to move the tines from an oblique to a radial position with respect to the shaft, said guide means consisting of a laterally disposed flange on the disk having openings therein for slidably receiving the tines,'-said disk having a hub portion provided with removable detent means engageable with the shaft.

4. An agricultural machine c o m p r i s i n g a wheeled frame, cultivating means mounted on the frame, a cross tiller operative in conjunction with the said cultivating means, said cross tiller consisting of 'a collar provided with a plurality of swingably connected tines, said tiller further consisting in the provision of a disk, a drive shaft to which the disk is secured and guide means at the periphery of the disk through which the tines are disposed, said collar being movable longitudinally of the axis of the disk to move the tines from an oblique position with respect to the axis to a radial position with respect thereto.

LLOYD E. MORROW. 

